"She..." Bella paused for a mont. "...how do I say this? She is an oddball. I have heard a lot of rumors about her.
"From a young age, she has been sent to the battlefield to avoid the battle for the throne. After growing up, she becos a good commander as well as a powerful summoner. Her strength is not sothing one can underestimate.
"However, she rarely returns ho as if she is trying to stay outside politics. You can say that she has close to absolute control over the military.
"However, there is no indication of rebellion or unrest. Normally, nobles would approach her or even might pressure her, but for so reason, no nobles ca to her.
"If I dig it deeper, I may find sothing else, but I can only tell you what I know.
"Anyway, she doesn’t seem to be close to the emperor. That’s all I can say about her. As a commander, she is just and intelligent, so the soldiers trust her."
Nathan looked down, pondering. From what she told him, it didn’t look like Regina was a bad person.
She didn’t have any close relationship with the emperor, so there was less chance of the emperor getting involved in this matter.
"How about Endless Prison? Have you encountered sothing by the na of Endless Prison?"
"Endless Prison... I think I have heard it sowhere..." Bella recalled her mory carefully. "If I’m not mistaken, lissa stumbled on it a few months ago. Give a mont, let check the report."
"I don’t have much ti, so you can take your ti and tell about it later."
"No, it will just take a mont." Bella took a few seconds before she got the report. "There it is. There is not much information.
"Endless Prison is the most notorious prison in the world. It imprisons death-row criminals and living aliens. There are so rumors about their feeding death-row criminals to the aliens.
"It is also a possibility that they conduct experints on the aliens. However, the place has been swallowed by the aliens.
"People from the inside can’t exit the prison, and the people from the outside can’t enter the prison. It is said that the key has been lost, so they have lost access to this prison.
"It becos the eternal prison for the people inside, which later becos known as Endless Prison. That’s all the information. No other information, including the location."
"Hmm..." Nathan carefully examined the information in his mind. On the one hand, he confird that Endless Prison existed, so Regina must be telling the truth.
On the other hand, this place was more notorious than he had heard from Regina. Still, the fact that they might conduct experints on aliens here ant Regina wasn’t lying about the prison.
"Are you going to the prison with this woman?"
"Yeah." Nathan smiled wryly. "It just happened that way. Besides, depending on the condition of the prison, the aliens might have died, and we may be able to get the cores for free.
"And she is also a high-ranking person from the empire. Even though she is away from politics, she should have known a thing or two about the empire.
"So, I might be able to figure out the empire’s intention toward and act accordingly."
"If you say so..." Bella sighed. "Just make sure you don’t make another princess pregnant, will you?"
"What are you talking about? I haven’t made anyone pregnant!"
"Yeah, yeah. Not yet. If you need company, how about considering ? Do you think I don’t know that you’ve gotten together with Evelyn? She has been telling a lot of things."
Nathan smiled wryly. "Bye. See you soon."
Bella sighed. "Mhmm. Be careful out there."
"I will." Nathan deactivated the communication ring. Now that he had gotten so information about Regina, he understood how he should probe her.
When Nathan ca out, Regina simply smiled and gracefully nodded her head. She didn’t act aggressively like royalty, but she didn’t act too casually either.
She maintained a perfect balance between being royalty and being a soldier. In the end, she had grown up on the battlefield.
Growing up with the soldiers could give her a habit of being casual, so her action was understandable.
"I apologize for making you wait, Your Highness."
"Not at all. You are really different from anyone I have t so far. Normally, people won’t even leave my side or make wait because they have to suck up to for being the emperor’s sister."
"My apologies."
"I’m not blaming you. In fact, I felt much more at ease with you acting as usual. This ans you won’t have to act up when we are going deep into alien territory." Noticing Nathan’s awkward expression, she extended her hand. "Shall we?"
"Yes, it’ll be my pleasure." Nathan nodded.
Regina was definitely popular. When a soldier spotted her, they would salute her, not because it was a necessity but because they respected her.
Of course, they also greeted and thanked Nathan, who had helped them during the fight.
While walking, Regina discussed many things. She mixed the business with so casual topics as if trying to lighten the mood.
Nathan carefully gave his insight as well. Fortunately, Regina didn’t reject his opinion. They were talking as if they were equals.
What he didn’t know was how surprised she was to hear his insight. After listening to him, she realized that the trip this ti would be smoother than she originally expected.
There was no need to say anything between them because they could figure out the best move they should make in all kinds of situations.
Without realizing it, the moon was already up.
"Ti really flew by." Regina smiled. "It’s truly pleasant talking with you, Mr. Nathan."
"No. It is my pleasure." Nathan bowed politely.
"We can continue our discussion tomorrow, but..." Regina looked up before suggesting, "How about we get sothing to eat first before going our ways? I want to check whether the soldiers were given proper food to fight the aliens."
Nathan wanted to reject, but her eyes were fiercer than during their discussion. It didn’t look like he could reject the invitation.
"Please."
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